Hopalong
Cassidy rode the radio air waves from 1950 to 1952. His
popularity grew and grew, every time his show was heard.
These radio shows, together with his movies and
television shows helped make him one of the all-time most
popular heroes of western fiction and cinema. His
popularity continues to grow each year, as generations
new and old delight in the classic tales of this American
hero.

Here you will find a radio
log based on a list of Hopalong Cassidy radio shows.

This radio log gives away
solutions in its descriptions of plots. Each show is
numbered and also provides a date which is taken to
indicate the day the program was taped. It's likely dates
for Shows 7 and 29 are off by a year.

IN BRIEF: Council City is a railhead where ranchers sell their cattle. Hopalong and California have brought 500 prime head here, even though there are other, closer markets. Turns out Hoppy has been asked by the Marshal (by the voice, played by Jo DuVal) to investigate a series of robberies of cowmen recently paid in cash. El Sombrero Negro -- The Black Hat -- held them up then disappeared somewhere near Stone Canyon. Hoppy prevents young, dejected rancher Fred Byars from drinking poison; he's despondent at having lost the money needed to pay the mortgage on his ranch. Byars was one of the ones held up by the mysterious bandit. Sanderson, owner of the Arcade Saloon tells Hoppy he will only pay cash for cattle as he distrusts banks. Miss Vance, Sanderson's secretary, hates her boss and shows the Marshal a mask which she said she found in Sanderson's desk. Hoppy asks California to bait a trap, and the bandit holds California up and disappears, leaving behind a gold cufflink like one worn by Sanderson. When Hoppy, California and the marshal finally find a hidden cave entrance, and the loot, they solve the crime. It was Byars all along; Miss Vance was his wife. They hoped to frame Sanderson. (Harold Swanton)